Andy Murray has pledged his winnings from Queen’s to the Grenfell Tower appeal - and this week’s champion will scoop £346,390.

World No.1 and defending Wimbledon champion Murray , who has won the event for the past two years, watched in shock with the rest of the world as last week’s tragedy unfolded.

He has won the Wimbledon warm-up event five times in all at Queen’s Club in Baron’s Court, west London — less than three miles from the site of the fire.

The Aegon Championships is to make a big donation to the appeal and a tournament source has revealed that Surrey-based Sir Andy, who said on the eve of the General Election he will never become a tax exile , has also pledged to contribute whatever his winnings amount to.

Murray trains at Queen's Club on Monday ahead of his Tuesday opener against Aljaz Bedene... (Image: Rex Features)

...the Scot and coach Ivan Lendl are building up to Wimbledon next month (Image: Rex Features)

Last week, the Olympic champion said: “With everything that’s happened over the last year, the country has a decision to make. Does it divide us or does it bring us together. The closer together we become, the better it is for the country.”

Murray donated the first prize of £73,000 from the same event in 2013 to the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea, after his best friend Ross Hutchins was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma.

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The Scot also took part in the Rally against Cancer exhibition event with Tim Henman, Ivan Lendl, Boris Johnson and Sir Richard Branson, which raised a further £200,000.

Queen’s has since been upgraded to an ATP 500 event with an increased total prize fund of £1.57m.

The losing finalist will receive £169,874, the beaten semi-finalists get £85,487.

Grenfell Tower is less than three miles from the Aegon Championships' west London venue (Image: Splash News)

Murray, who turned 30 last month, received the ATP’s Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award in recognition of his charity work in 2014 for his work with UNICEF, United for Wildlife and Malaria No More.

And in 2015, he pledged to donate £50 to UNICEF for every ace he hit after being moved by the TV pictures of refugees fleeing to Europe.

Murray lifts the trophy at Queen's last June — his fifth triumph there in eight years (Image: Action Images via Reuters)

“Having seen the images broadcast on the news in recent weeks I felt I had to do something to help the millions of children and their families who have been forced to flee their homes and had their lives turned upside down,” he said.

The Scot plays his first-round match on Tuesday, against British No 4 Aljaz Bedene.